The resignation of T. B. Osborne as a member of the committee on papers and publications was read and accepted, and the secretary was directed to express to him the thanks of the council for his valuable services. Edgar F. Smith was elected member of the committee on papers and publications, vice T. B. Osborne, resigned. The treasurer made an informal report of the condition of the finances of the society, including the statement that on consultation with the finance committee and with the president of the society, he had invested $2,156.47 in the purchase of a $2,000 three and one-half per cent. bond of the City of New York. Upon motion of Mr. Hale, it was voted that the council recommend that the directors approve the action of the treasurer in making said investment. C. B. Dudley moved that the president appoint a committee of three, of which the president shall be chairman, to consider the subject of life-membership and the creation of a fund to protect life-membership dues already paid. Adopted. In accordance with this motion, the president appointed later the following named persons to constitute said committee: Messrs. Munroe, C. B. Dudley, and McKenna. The following communication from the secretary of the Washington Section of the American Chemical Society was read, and the territory asked for was granted by the council: "The executive committee of the Washington Section at a special meeting held on Thursday, August 4th, modified the territory asked for, and now requests jurisdiction over the District of Columbia and all of Maryland and Virginia east of the 79th meridian." Communications from the Cincinnati and Columbus Sections were also received and read. The council voted that it could not grant the request of the Cincinnati Section to retain, as members, certain persons residing outside of the limits of definite territory asked for, since such action would be unconstitutional. It was voted, however, that the secretary be appointed a committee with power to adjust the territorial boundaries of these sections by conferring with the representatives of the said sections. (See Note). : The resignation of Mr. F. E. Dodge as librarian of the society was read and accepted, and the secretary was directed to express to Mr. Dodge the thanks of the council for his faithful services. Upon motion of Mr. Hale, Mr. Marston Taylor Bogert was elected librarian in the place of Mr. Dodge, resigned. Upon motion of Mr. C. B. Dudley, the following was adopted : "The council recommends the appropriation of $500 or so much thereof as may be needed to remove and set up the library in Havemeyer Hall, as per correspondence with the authorities of Columbia University, and that the librarian, the treasurer, and the chairman of the New York Section be appointed a committee with power to carry out this resolution; also that if this committee can find any other suitable location at no greater expense they be empowered to do so." A. A. Noyes moved that a special committee be appointed by the president, consisting of the president, the editor, and five other members of the society, to make recommendation to the council in regard to an increase in the membership of the committee on papers and publications, so that it shall include special representatives of each of the important departments of chemistry. Seconded and carried. The president made the appointments for the committee later as follows: Charles E. Munroe, Edward Hart, A. A. Noyes, H. L. Wells, F. K. Cameron, L. P. Kinnicutt, and H. N. Stokes. The council adjourned till 10 P.M. At 10 P.M. the council was again called to order in the Coplay Square Hotel. Various matters of interest to the society were informally discussed, and the thanks of the council were voted to President Munroe for the dinner to the members of the council, which was provided at his expense, and was so enjoyable an occasion to all who were present. The council then adjourned till 3.30 P.M. on the following day. TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1898. The council met pursuant to adjournment at 3.40 P.M. in the same place as on the previous day. There were present Messrs. Munroe, Hale, Norton, W. L. Dudley, C. B. Dudley, Caldwell, A. A. Noyes, W. A. Noyes, Hart, Clarke, McMurtrie, Doremus, Wells, and Bogert. The minutes of the meetings of the council on the previous day were read and approved. After some informal discussion upon several matters, the council adjourned. ALBERT C. HALE, Secretary. Note: The Secretary conferred with representatives of the Cincinnati and Columbus Sections who were in Boston, and the boundaries of the two sections were fixed as follows: Each of the two sections to have the territory covered by a radius of seventy-five miles from the headquarters, except that where the territory of the two sections would overlap, the Cincinnati Section shall have a radius of fifty miles, and the Columbus Section the rest. MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 3.30 P.M. There were The board was called to order by the president. present Messrs. Munroe, Hale, C. B. Dudley, McMurtrie, and Doremus. The board voted the requisite appropriations and authority to carry out the recommendations of the council, made at its sessions August 22. (For items see minutes of the council.) The meeting of the directors was then adjourned. ALBERT C. HALE, Secretary. NEW MEMBERS elected SEPTEMBER 16, 1898. NEW MEMBERS ELECTED SEPTEMBER 19, 1898. Browne, Charles A., Jr., State College, Center Co., Pa. Crafts, James M., Mass. Inst. Tech., Boston, Mass. Ekeley, John B., Garden City, N. Y. Gilbert, Frederick C., 5 Warland St., Cambridgeport, Mass. Harper, H. W., Univ. of Texas, Austin, Tex. Jackson, Charles L., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. Richards, Theodore W., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, Mass. Smith, H. Monmouth, Hampden Sidney, Va. Thompson, John, A & M. College, Greensboro, N. C. NEW MEMBER elected sEPTEMBER 21, 1898. Kremers, Edward, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. NAMES PROPOSED for MEMBERSHIP. Conner, Samuel D., Nulltown, Fayette Co., Ind. Fischer Louis A., U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Washington, D. C. Jackson, George, 33 Curtis St., Cincinnati, O. Schoch, Eugene P., Univ. of Texas, Austin, Texas. Walker, Chas. A., 517 Delaware St., Indianapolis, Ind. NAMES PROPOSED FOR ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP. Haidencamp, H. W., care of John Johnson & Co., Franklin. Square, N. Y. City. Weissmann, Fred. W., 221 Molitor St., Cincinnati, O. CHANGES OF ADDRESS. Clapp. E. H., 35 Federal St., Boston, Mass. Cutts, Henry E., 65 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, N. Y. Howard, Chas. D., Morgantown, W. Va. Hughes, R. M., Miami Univ., Oxford, O. Hunicke, H. Aug., 3532 Victor St., St. Louis, Mo. Jone, Hugo, Armour Station, Chicago, Ill. McKenzie, Box 67, Rahway, N. J. Murrill, Paul, 711 E. Ann St., Ann Arbor, Mich. Phillips, Wm. B., 59 Ninth St., Pittsburg, Pa. Pickel, J. M., Peekskill, N. Y. Starke, Frederick W., 4126 Parkside Ave., W. Philadelphia, Pa. Venable, F. P., Chapel Hill, N. C. Wainwright, J. H., 159 Front St., N. Y. City. Weston, Robert S., West Superior, Wis. ADDRESS WANTED. James, Joseph H., formerly of John Harrison Lab., Univ. of Pa., Philadelphia, Pa. |